Sight for ordnance.



No. 792,175. PATENTED JUNE 13,` 1905. R. P. STOUT. SIGHT FOR ORDNANOE.

APPLIOA'TION yFILED DIEU. Z7, 1902 3 SHBETS-SHEET l.

No. 792,175. PATENTED JUNE 13, 1905.

` R. P. STOUT.

SIGHT FOR ORDNANCE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO- Z, 1902.

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11. P. sToUT. SIGHT FOR ORDNANGB.

.APPLIC'ATIO FILED 13150.27, 1902 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

Il'NTTnn STATES Patented June 13, 1905.

PATnNT Ormes.

ROBERT P. STOUT, OF BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO BETH- LEI-IEM STEEL COMPANY, OF SOUTH BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

SIGHT Foe ORDNANCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,175, dated June 13, 1905.

Application filed December 27,1902. Serial No. 136,853.

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Be it known that I, ROBERT P. S'roUT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bethlehem` in the county of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sights for Ordnance, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sighting devices for guns; and it consists of means for securing an observation of the gun level or levels simultaneously with sighting the same and in means foravoidingan extended movement of the rear sight and in details of construction fully set I5 forth hereinafter and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a field-gun pro vided with my improved sighting devices. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation, in part section, ofthe 2O rear sights and support; Fig. 3, a side view of Fig. 2; Fig. elf, a plan of Fig. 3, and Fig.

5 a rear elevation of the front sights and support.

The gun A is shown as mounted on a portable carriage; but any suitable support may be employed, my improved sighting devices being adapted for use with any character of gun and support therefor.

The rear sight or sights#an open sight 2 and a peep-sight 3 being shown-are suitably supported on the gun, as by a bracket LL, the sights, as shown, being secured to a slide or rod 5, sliding in the bracket and provided with a rack (i, with which engages a worm-disk 7 upon a shaft S, which may be turned by a handle E). To permit the rod or slide to be adjusted indej'iendently of the elevating means, the shaft 8 slides in a hollow casing 10, and the worm-disk is carried into engagement with 40 the rack by means of a spring 12, so that the shaft 8 may be drawn outward, disconnecting the elevating' worm-disk and rack.

The gun is provided with a level 14, which, as shown, is a spirit-level, and which is arranged adjacent to the rear sight, and said level may be adjusted, as by an adjustingscrew 15, and is used, as usual, in leveling the gun. The level is mounted upon the slide 5 and is vertically adjustable only, being iiXed againsttransverse movement. The spirit-level cannot in many cases be advantageously arranged so as to permit the desired inspection while sighting. I therefore provide a reiector, so arranged adjacent to the level and the rear sight as to reflect the level to the eye of the operator while sighting through the rear sight, who, therefore, without change of position can observe the position of the level. Any suitable reflector may be used. As shown, a prism 16 is fixed to the slide at one side of 60 the level 14C to properly reflect the latter. A cylinder 18 supports the sight 2, which may be adjusted thereon to any transverse position required Without moving the reiiector or level.

If a single front sight is used and the rear sight is set for any determined angle of elevation, to double the elevation the rear sight must be raised twice the distance. To avoid the necessity of such extended movement of the rear sight, I provide a plurality of front sights 19, two being shown and so arranged that when the rear sight is elevated to sight through the upper front sight atadetermined elevation of the gun the operator will know that further elevation ofl the gun to sight through the lower front sight will show an elevation of twice the degrees required to sight through the upper front sight.

Of course the front sights may be of any required number and in any desired relation. 8O

To permit a clear and unobstructed field of observation, I prefer to offset the Afront sights and make each of a series of iingers 21 arranged and supported radially, but separated at their inner ends, as shown.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement of parts shown, I claimW 1. The combination with the rear sight and the level of a gun, said sight being transversely adjustable independently of said level, of a reiector arranged to secure a reflection of the level visible from a position adjacent to the rear sight, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a gun, rear sight, level arranged longitudinally of the gun, said sight being` transversely adjustable independently of said level, and a reflector arranged to enable the operator to sight the gun while observing the reflection of the level, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a gun, rear sight, level arranged longitudinally of the gun, a re- Hector arranged to enable the operator to sight the gun While observing the reflection of the level, and a transverse support on which the rear sight is transversely adjustable independently of said level, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of a gun, a rear sight, means for adjusting the same vertically, and a bracket carrying two osot rings with radial arms constituting a plurality of front sights, one above the other, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with a gun of a rear sight, a level, a rellector adapted to render the reiiection of the level visible at a point adja- Cent to the sight, and a vertically-adjustable slide carrying said level and sight, said sight being transversely adjustable on said slide independently of said level, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination with a gun, of a rear sight, a level, a reliector adapted to render the refiection of the level visible at a point adjacent to the sight, and a vertically-adjustable slide carrying said level and sight, said level being liXed against transverse movement and said sight being transversely movable with relation to said slide, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination with a gun, of a rear sight, a level, a reflector adapted to render the reiiection of the level visible at a point adjas cent to the sight, and a vertically-adjustable slide carrying said level and sight, said level being vertically adjustable but fixed against transverse movement upon said slide, said sight being transversely movable upon said slide, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination with a gun, of a vertically-adjustable slide, a level, sight and reiiector carried thereon, said reflector being liXed and said level and sight being adjustable with relation to said slide, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination With a gun, of a vertically-adjustable slide, a level, sight, and reflector carried thereon, said reflector being fixed, said level being vertically adjustable, and said sight being transversely adjustable With relation to said slide, substantiall y as set forth.

l0. The combination with a gun, of a vertically-adjustable slide, a level, sight and reflector carried thereon, said reflector being fixed, said level being vertically adjustable only, and said sight beingtransversely adjustable only with relation to said slide, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT P. STOUT.

Vitnesses LEIGHTON N. D. MIXsELL, J. E. MATHEWs. 

